Louisa County officials announced today that the shooting of Charles "Zeke" Sponaugle, Sr., by Louisa deputies in August of 2010 was justified. The man shot six family members, killing two, during a dispute before being killed during an exchange with law enforcement.More >>

Funeral services began for the victims of the deadly Louisa shootings. Mark Cooper Junior was buried Saturday in Gordonsville. He was shot and killed by his uncle, Charles "Zeke" Sponaugle Junior.More >>

Funerals will take place this weekend for the two young men killed in the Louisa shootings. Where there is sorrow, a badge won't be far behind. There is a very delicate job ahead awaiting local law enforcement.More >>

LOUISA, VA (WWBT) – For the Cooper family it couldn't get much worse. Three family members shot, one of them fatally. And on Facebook the outpouring of condolences was immediate. Her handle on MySpace is "Miss. Kitty," just like the character from "Gunsmoke." And as of late, her life has been just as violent as any TV western.

Both Kitty & her husband Mark Sr. were shot and wounded by her big brother, Charles "Zeke" Sponaugle. Her son Mark, who also has a MySpace page, was shot & killed.

And while Kitty obviously hasn't had the time or strength to post anything online - condolences are pouring in to another family member: Sherry Cooper, Mark's sister. She called her little brother "Bubba." She writes, "Rest in peace Bubba and Charlie - God knows you didn't deserve this."

She's had 30 messages of condolences - one reads, "I'm praying for you and your family - God is a healer, in all ways, shapes and forms."

Sherry Cooper said she was getting ready to go to a bank in Louisa - to establish a memorial fund, to help pay for her brother's funeral.

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File). FILE - This Monday, June 19, 2017, file photo shows a user signing in to Facebook on an iPad, in North Andover, Mass. Facebook has a problem it just can’t kick: People keep exploiting it in ways that could sway election...

News reports that Facebook let the Trump-affiliated data mining firm Cambridge Analytica abscond with data from tens of millions of users mark the third time in roughly a year the company appears to have been outfoxed in this way.

News reports that Facebook let the Trump-affiliated data mining firm Cambridge Analytica abscond with data from tens of millions of users mark the third time in roughly a year the company appears to have been outfoxed in this way.

The weather is expected to turn stormy again as winter comes to an end and we officially welcome in Spring next Tuesday, March 20th at 12:15 pm. The models are not in agreement on how exactly this storm will come together, but I am confident that a storm is likely to develop!

The weather is expected to turn stormy again as winter comes to an end and we officially welcome in Spring next Tuesday, March 20th at 12:15 pm. The models are not in agreement on how exactly this storm will come together, but I am confident that a storm is likely to develop!

Authorities say a missing Pennsylvania teenager and a 45-year-old man who frequently signed her out of school without her parents' permission have been located in Mexico, and the man has been arrested.

Authorities say a missing Pennsylvania teenager and a 45-year-old man who frequently signed her out of school without her parents' permission have been located in Mexico, and the man has been arrested.

(AP Photo/Jennifer Kay). Six crosses are placed at a makeshift memorial on the Florida International University campus in Miami on Saturday, March 17, 2018, near the scene of a pedestrian bridge collapse that killed at least six people on March 15.

A matter of seconds between those who would live and those who would die as Florida pedestrian bridge topples down highway bustling with passing vehicles.

(Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP). FBI agents work the scene of an explosion in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 18, 2018. At least a few people were injured in another explosion in Texas' capital late Sunday, after three package bombs detonat...

Officials reported that an explosion in southwest Austin injured two men in their 20s who were hospitalized with injuries that didn't appear to be life-threatening.

(Joe Ahlquist/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP). Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a fatal stabbing Saturday, March 17, 2018, at the Salvation Army Castleview Residence in downtown Rochester, Minn. Police have arrested a man in the multiple...

Police have arrested a man in the fatal stabbing of two men at a Salvation Army apartment building in downtown Rochester, Minnesota.

Conway parents were arrested for unlawful neglect of a child after their baby was allegedly thrown from his car seat, according to a police report from Horry County Police. 20-year-old Juliana Biggerstaff and 22-year-old Jacob Lowman were arrested on Thursday after a complainant called police. Officers responded to a residence on Woodwinds Drive in Conway on March 14. Upon arrival, officers located a baby boy with a “visible injury to the top of his h...

Conway parents were arrested for unlawful neglect of a child after their baby was allegedly thrown from his car seat, according to a police report from Horry County Police. 20-year-old Juliana Biggerstaff and 22-year-old Jacob Lowman were arrested on Thursday after a complainant called police. Officers responded to a residence on Woodwinds Drive in Conway on March 14. Upon arrival, officers located a baby boy with a “visible injury to the top of his h...